Digital Reading: Inclusivity, Versatility, Engagement. Supporting underserved communities and emerging reading cultures in developing countries.

数字阅读方案显示了利用新技术为发展中国家提供解决办法的潜力，在这些国家，获取和维护纸质图书的后勤工作可能正在阻碍蓬勃发展的阅读文化的发展。还制定了专门针对“留守”人口群体的方案，原因是当地的文化规范和污名。例如，Worldreader在肯尼亚设立的Ana Soma项目旨在鼓励妇女使用智能手机应用程序，使她们能够将阅读纳入日常生活和职责。然而，发展中国家的大多数研究和数字阅读倡议的主要关注点都是基于课堂的情况，这意味着数字阅读对读者生活的更广泛的社会影响几乎没有讨论。拟议中的新网络将把来自多个国家、学术学科和知识库的研究人员、利益攸关方和政策制定者聚集在一起，与肯尼亚一些较贫穷地区的读者密切合作。该网络将特别侧重于促进各种残疾人士的性别平等和社会包容，审查目前的供应和最佳做法，并与读者和提供者合作，找出供应方面的差距和参与的社会和文化障碍，以确保未来的供应对技术在改善读者生活方面可以发挥的作用有更全面和更具响应性的看法。第一期讲习班将侧重于性别平等和数字阅读，让来自内罗毕郊外基贝拉贫民窟的Ana Soma项目的参与者参与进来，并将该区域的性别平等专家与利益攸关方和政策制定者聚集在一起，努力确定措施，以确保未来的提供侧重于可持续的解决办法，并建立有复原力的阅读文化和社区。随后，第二期工作坊将探讨现有的辅助技术如何满足有各种身体或学习障碍的读者的特定需求，将社会孤立的风险降至最低，并增加他们的生活机会。讲习班将包括慈善机构和与该区域残疾人群体合作的组织以及最终用户的贡献，并将反映对性别和残疾采取交叉方法的重要性。与会者还将有机会参加对穆库鲁一所聋校的实地考察，该学校一直在与Worldreader合作，使用数字设备来增强其学生的阅读能力。在最后一期讲习班中，前两期讲习班的参与者将被邀请与参与式媒体公司Digitales合作，制作和制作多媒体短片，反映他们使用数字设备的经历及其对他们生活的影响。故事将在三天内制作，并在最后一天的活动中放映，该活动将向网络成员、更广泛的CUEA社区以及讲故事的人的朋友和家人开放。

Digital Reading programmes have demonstrated the potential for new technologies to provide solutions for developing countries where the logistics around access to and upkeep of print books may be hindering the growth of robust reading cultures. Programmes have also been designed to specifically target population groups 'left behind' because of cultural norms and stigmas specific to the local context. For example the Ana Soma project set up by Worldreader in Kenya aimed to encourage women to use a smartphone app to allow them to incorporate reading into their daily routines and duties. Nevertheless, most research and the main focus of digital reading initiatives in developing countries has been on classroom-based situations, meaning that the wider social impact of digital reading on readers' lives is barely discussed. The proposed new network will bring together researchers, stakeholders and policy makers from multiple nations, academic disciplines and knowledge bases, to work closely with readers in some of the poorer parts of Kenya. Focusing specifically on promoting gender equality and social inclusion for people living with various kinds of disability, the network will examine current provision and best practice and work with readers and providers to identify gaps in provision and social and cultural barriers to engagement to ensure that future provision takes a more holistic and responsive view of the role technology can play in enhancing readers' lives. The first workshop will focus on gender equality and digital reading, engaging with participants from the Ana Soma project from the Kibera slums outside Nairobi, and bringing together experts on gender equality in the region with stakeholders and policy makers to work on identifying measures to ensure that future provision is focused on sustainable solutions and building resilient reading cultures and communities. Following on from this, the second workshop will examine how assistive technologies already available can address the specific needs of readers with various kinds of physical or learning disabilities, minimising the risks of social isolation and enhancing their life opportunities. The workshop will include contributions from charities and organisations working with disabled groups in the region, as well as from end-users, and will reflect on the importance of an intersectional approach to gender and disability. Attendees will also be offered the opportunity to take part in a field trip to a deaf school in Mukuru which has been working with Worldreader to use digital devices to enhance provision for reading for its pupils. In the final workshop, participants from the first two workshops will be invited back to work with DigiTales, a participatory media company, to create and produce short multimedia films reflecting on their experiences of using digital devices and the impact this has had on their lives. The stories will be produced over three days, and screened at an event on the final day which will be open to network members, the wider community of CUEA and friends and family of the storytellers to attend.